the food simply local cheese accompanied by bread often twelve months old, all washed down with coarse wine.

食物是当地的干酪和通常存放了一年之久的面包，人们就着劣酒吞下这种食物。

So while the rest of the world was trying to get rid of mosquitoes, Australia was encouraging this one.

因此，世界上其他地方在设法消灭蚊子的时候，澳大利亚却在促使这种蚊子大量繁殖。

the first group began to show some personality disorders while the others seemed more or less unaffected.

结果，第一组人开始出现性格失常，而第二组人似乎没受什么影响。

This modern faith in medicines is proved by the fact

这个事实证实了现代人对药物的信赖。

deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities.

被剥夺了20世纪最优越的机会之一。

Intermittent tap-water supplies should be regarded as particularly suspect.

断断续续的水管应该被视为是非常可疑的。